BOWLAN GRAVEYARD

a/k/a BOWEN GRAVEYARD

A/K/A paint rock cemetery

 Shannon  Co MO

 Currently no information is available about this cemetery other than family members knowledge of burials here.

Please contact me if you have information.

Upd. Jan. 12, 2010

HUSBAND & WIFE: Married ca. 1865.
Morris, Joshua    Born ca. 1810 - 1814, KY; died 1897 Shannon Co MO. Son of Moses Morris & Susanna Unknown. Grandson of Robert Morris of Philadelphia PA. Married 1838 Luvey Hyatt. Children Susan (1852), Mariah (1856) and Martin (1864).
Morris, Martha Lorene (Parcus?) Daughter of Walking Rain, an Osage Indian Chief. Born ca. 1835 MO. Children Sarah 'Caroline' (1867), Mercy E. (1868), Hettie (1868), Sadie (03 Jun. 1869 - m. James Collier), Sabra (Jun. 1870), Alfred (1872), Julia A. (1876) Ruth (1878) & Sira Morris (Sep 1883, born Ozark MO). All his children born in MO.

HUSBAND & WIFE:
Tripp, John Elliot     Dec. 16, 1853 - Apr. 26, 1929.     (aka John Ellis Tripp)                     Descendancy Report
Tripp, Ruth Sullivan     Apr. 15, 1867 - Nov. 18, 1940.   (2nd wife)

 

Tripp, Mary E. Britt     Aug. 4, 1894 - Jul. 10, 1934.

 

A communication was received from Jim Morris regarding the inaccuracy of this listing. Follow this link for more information.

In doing a little further digging, I found some interesting links:

These links regard Walking Rain, Osage Indian Chief:

http://www.150.si.edu/siarch/guide/catlin.htm

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Treaties/TreatyWithTheOsage1818.html

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v1/ch10p5.html

http://www.kansasgenealogy.com/indians/lands_of_the_osage_indians.htm

These links are concerning the Morris family:

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/morris_r.htm

http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/morris.htm

http://www.tcfl.org/mdroom/worthies/morris.html